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Author:Larry Ferguson

“Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.”

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Book:The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage

Source: The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.”

“People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.”

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Author:Barbara Mikulski

“George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.”

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Author:Barbara Mikulski

“The original thing that fascinated me most was why we expect leaders, and especially presidents, at times to destroy themselves - and that's a sign of being a good leader or a good president. We usually don't expect that of almost anyone else in any profession, in particular, in public life.”

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Author:Michael Beschloss

“All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.”

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Author:Richard Branson

“I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.”

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Author:Richard Branson

“We have not always been in sync on every issue in terms of our core values, in terms of her integrity, her truthfulness, her thoughtfulness, [Angela Merkel] doing her homework, knowing her facts, her commitment to looking out for the interests of the German people first, but recognizing that part of good leadership on behalf of the nation requires engaging the world as a whole, and participating effectively in multilaterally institutions, I think she's been outstanding.”

“Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice to be around, but those are not the qualifications. The qualifications are their desire to see us achieve more, their desire to push us to be the best we can be. Not for their selfish gain, but because they believe that we have something to offer.”

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Author:Simon Sinek

“I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be in the forefront and when there is victory to be celebrated, they should be in the background, allowing their colleagues and the ordinary civilians - the man in the street - to rejoice and to celebrate that victory.”

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Author:Nelson Mandela

“Just like self-interest is not selfishness, well, confidence is not a negative. Confidence is not an off-putting thing. It's, in fact, necessary for all good leaders.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you know, bad luck as well as good luck, keep people focused on what the key, you know, business wins are, and you know, provide the energy that people always need in order to, you know, to go into battle because, you know, work is hard and go into work and do that well. And provide a good leadership beacon for that. In other words, it's the same thing that makes good leadership in any other time.”

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Author:Reid Hoffman

“In crisis times, it's actually not more difficult to motivate your staff, because everyone gets much more focused on how they control their own economic destiny. So, what you do is you have clear communication, which is always a good leadership technique, and you talk about how you can build something good and strong in the future, and how you can work together in order to do that.”

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Author:Reid Hoffman

“A good leader for instance is somebody like Nelson Mandela. I do not have seen such people coming every generation, maybe every ten generations, every hundred generations. People who are miracle workers.”

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Author:Chinua Achebe

“Good leaders, competent leaders must see it as primary task to create friendliness. This something within the scope of most people. Now artists, like writers and sort of course have an added option of using their scale and talent with this in view. It is their business to create an environment in which our people will prosper and be happy.”

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Author:Chinua Achebe

“Politics is not about a person. We transform America not by electing some guy or woman to be president; we transform this country when millions of people stand up and fight back. That will result in good leadership on top. So the goal right now is not to worry about who's going to be running in 2020 or 2080. The goal now is to mobilize millions of people around a progressive agenda.”

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Author:Bernie Sanders

“Certainly polling is a tool for leadership. It's not a program for leadership. And you can abuse a tool. You can overuse it. A leader who looks to the latest poll finding and says, "Well that's what I should do", that's not a very good leader. I mean that's someone who is not taking this poll and saying, "Well what am I gonna have to do to get public acceptance of my policies?" It's someone who is interested in their own election or re-election, and their own popularity rather than genuinely serving the public interest.”

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Author:Andrew Kohut

“Good leaders are focused, directive, and inspiring... in other words, purposeful. People want to look up to leaders, not because they think they are better than us, but because good leaders provide us with a sense of purpose that inspires us to do better.”

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Author:John Baldoni

“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”

“The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.”

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Book:The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy

Source: The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy

“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”

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Author:Nelson Mandela

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”

“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.”

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.”

Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”

“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.”

“Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”

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Author:Aristotle

“A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.”

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Book:Oakleaf Bearers (Ranger's Apprentice Book 4)

Source: Oakleaf Bearers (Ranger's Apprentice Book 4)

“I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson

“High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”

Source: A Collection of Essays

“A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.”

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Author:Alan Sugar

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

Source: Politics

“A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.”

“If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.”

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Author:Grace Hopper

“A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!”

“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.”

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Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”

Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats

“Good leaders must first become good servants.”

“Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.”

“Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.”

“A good leader brins the lady partner dance level to a superior level.”

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Author:Donnie Burns

“After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do people follow you? Do you have integrity? Are you innovative? Do you solve problems? Somebody's got to do that homework and redesign the educational system so that it can actually train people to be successful in life.”

“A leader leads by example not by force.”

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